the nsa is paying millions of dollars each year to access data files and more. more than $52 billion shared among the various five agencies to get what they want whenever they want from whomever they want on whomever they want. that is kind of creepy. >> it is creepy, basically hush money to give it to corporations already making money to have the corporations turn over information that belong to the taxpayers, corporate cronyism, it is an incentive to make money but dangerous when it comes to the government coming in and saying we will pay you all of the money so long as you hand over all the private information of your private customers. i don't think it is a great idea. neil: they say we are against this. were you paid to provide this. we are against this. >> i read it slightly differently, we should be scrutinizing all of this and make sure the government is acting in everybody's best interest, they are compelling the companies to provide them information that they are seeking from them. they are compensating them for the trouble. neil: thanks judas for the